Saturday, 13 November 2010

Wisp

WISP

–noun1. a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.2. any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.3. a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.4. a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible5. a whisk broom.6. Chiefly British Dialect .a. a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse.b. a twisted bit of straw used as a torch.7. a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.–verb (used with object)8. to twist into a wisp.